Coder builds infrastructure for cloud-based software development. The company's platform allows organisations to provision and manage secure, scalable development environments on their own infrastructure, with environments defined as code using Terraform. This approach supports a range of setups, from traditional virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters to integrated AI coding agents and various IDEs such as VS Code and Jupyter.
The platform is designed for self-hosted deployment, a model that appeals to large enterprises with strict governance and security requirements. Coder's customer base includes Dropbox, Palantir, Discord, Mercedes-Benz, and Goldman Sachs, reflecting its traction among organisations with complex engineering needs. The company positions its tools as both open and secure by default, aiming to address concerns common in regulated industries.
Coder operates at the intersection of several technical domains, including cloud development environments, infrastructure as code, and the emerging field of AI-assisted software engineering. The company was founded to address what its creators saw as outdated development workflows, with the goal of enabling platform teams to give developers faster, more standardised access to compute resources.
